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Public Expenditure Review of the WASH Sector in Malawi PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW OF THE Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector of Malawi February 2020 WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE SECTOR MALAWI FEBRUARY 2020 i PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW © UNICEF/2016/Sebastian Rich © UNICEF/2016/Sebastian ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Appreciation goes to all individuals and institutions that Muchabaiwa, Patrick Okuni, Nkandu David Chilombo, Alessandro contributed to the development of this PER. The Government Ramella Pezza, Kelvin Tapiwa Mutambirwa and Chimwemwe would like to thank staff from several Ministries, Departments Nyimba for the technical and logistical support. and Agencies (MDAs) who were involved in this PER. Specifically, appreciation goes to staff from the M&E Division under the The Government would also like to deeply thank the Oxford Economic Planning and Development (EP&D) of the Ministry of Policy Management (OPM) consultancy team – comprising of Finance; the Water Supplies Department under the Ministry of Nick Hall (team leader), Zach White (project manager), Tuntufye Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD); and Mwalyambwire, and Tim Cammack for providing technical the Environmental Health Department under the Ministry of support that enabled the production of this PER. Also the OPM Health and Population (MoHP). staff that worked in the background to make this exercise a success are appreciated. Sincere gratitude goes to the following Government staff – Sophie Kang’oma, Victoria Geresomo, Richard Jack Kajombo, Gringoster The analysis in this PER draws on scores of interviews with Kajomba and Stevier Kaiyatsa from the EP&D; Emma Mbalame, district staff, with a list of those interviewed or consulted Bibo Charles Yatina and Gertrude Makuti Botomani from the provided in Annex I. The Government is extremely thankful to all MoAIWD; Allone Ganizani, Holystone Kafanikhale, Samuel district for their inputs. Ligowe and Flora Dimba from the MoHP, Paul Chunga from the Lilongwe District Health Office, Esther Rajabu from the National Statistics Office (NSO), Pilirani Mbedza, Dhumisani Msowoya, Adam Chikapa Guys, Fyness Mwafulirwa, Sangwani Phiri and Mphatso Elias Ackim from the Parliamentary Budget Office Oxford Policy Management Limited (PBO). The Government would also like to extend its gratitude Registered in England: 3122495 to the following – Gloria Nyirenda and Hopeson Chaima from the Level 3, Clarendon House 52 Cornmarket Street Water and Environmental Sanitation Network (WESNET), Egolet Oxford, OX1 3HJ Roberts from the PRDO. United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1865 207 300 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 207 301 Special thanks goes to UNICEF for providing financial, technical Email: [email protected] Website: www.opml.co.uk and logistical support which enabled the production of this PER. Twitter: @OPMglobal Specifically, the Government wishes to thank the following Facebook: @OPMglobal YouTube: @OPMglobal UNICEF team – Beatrice Targa, Michele Paba, Bob Libert LinkedIn: @OPMglobal MALAWI FEBRUARY 2020 WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE SECTOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW ii © UNICEF/2009/Pirozzi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context ministries: the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) has overall responsibility for water Over the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) period service provision and water resource management; the Ministry (2000–2015) Malawi made good progress on increasing of Health and Population (MoHP) leads on sanitation and hygiene access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) promotion, including the management of frontline staff; and the services. MDG 7c, ‘Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) population without sustainable access to safe drinking water is responsible for supporting sector ministries to reform in line and basic sanitation’ was met in terms of access to water, while with decentralisation, and to support district governments to there was only ‘moderate progress’ on sanitation. Malawi’s level adopt their devolved functions. of access to improved water services is substantially higher than the sub-Saharan African average and that of regional and income-group peers. National averages do, however, mask sharp WASH sector financing inequities in service provision. Access to water and sanitation Despite limited fiscal space, the Government of Malawi services varies widely between districts and across wealth (GoM) has increased budget allocations to WASH since quintiles. 2017/18, mainly due to the introduction of the Borehole Fund. Over the period of this public expenditure review (PER), Malawi has extremely limited fiscal space. Malawi’s poverty 2014/15 to 2018/19, GoM funding of the sector has averaged at incidence is among the worst in sub-Saharan Africa, with gross 0.39% of total government expenditure, or just under 0.1% of domestic product (GDP) per capita at just $389 in 2018. GDP GDP. The average in the three years before the Borehole Fund grew at 4.0% in 2018 and 5.1% in 2019, and is expected to reach was 0.32%, and then 0.49% thereafter. 6% in the medium term. In 2018, inflation was brought down to single digits after many years of double-digit inflation. However, GoM budget allocations to WASH as a proportion of GDP is low compared to that of other countries in the WASH service delivery in Malawi region. Available data show that the Malawi Government’s allocation of resources to WASH is 0.081% of GDP, which is only The legislation underpinning the sector establishes clear 55%, 52%, 43%, and 27% of that allocated by Kenya, Zambia, roles and responsibilities. Service delivery functions are Ghana and Mali, respectively; the per capita allocation is less performed by the district councils and the water boards, with the than one-fifth of those countries. water boards focused on urban areas. Operation and maintenance functions for rural water systems are performed by water users associations (WUAs). At the national level there are three key WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE SECTOR MALAWI FEBRUARY 2020 iii PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW target highlights the sector is currently funded to just above 30% of the target level. A critical assumption behind the SIP projections is that donors would ‘step up’ grant financing to the sector. The withdrawal of many donors is a key reason for this financing gap emerging. Water sector expenditure and progress WASH sector expenditure is heavily weighted towards water, and less towards sanitation and hygiene. Over the PER period an average of 65% of GoM funding went to the water sub- sector and 35% went to hygiene and sanitation. The water sub- sector is dominated by capital expenditure. Over 80% of GoM expenditure over the five-year period was capital expenditure. There was little GoM capital expenditure at district level until the introduction of the District Development Fund (DDF) in 2015-16, with the Borehole Fund later leading to a sharper increase. Water board revenue has increased dramatically over the PER period, both in absolute and real terms. The growth in © UNICEF/2009/Pirozzi revenue has primarily been driven by increased revenues from institutional and commercial sources, and due to price increases, Malawi remains reliant on external sources of financing to rather than an expansion in services. Across all sources revenue drive investments in the WASH sector. The ratio of Malawi’s per m3 increased, in real terms: 32% between 2014/15 and external funding to financing from domestic resources is 8.8, 2018/19 – equivalent to a 123% rise in prices in nominal terms. much higher than Kenya’s 2.9 and Zambia’s 2.0, and higher still than Mali’s and Ghana’s. This is despite Malawi’s comparatively There is no regulator in Malawi; as per the Waterworks low funding from external sources measured in per capita terms. Act 1995 it is MoAIWD that regulates tariffs in the sector. Malawi receives $3.2 per capita external funding for WASH, The current tariff policy is implicitly pro-poor in that there is a compared to Kenya’s $6.2 and Zambia’s $4.2. External funding substantial cross-subsidy between commercial and institutional to the sector has fallen sharply in recent years, with many rates and kiosk users. However, the loose regulatory environment bilateral donors leaving the sector. Additionally, the composition and cross-ministerial responsibilities for water board oversight, of external finance has changed over the PER period as new combined with the recent substantial price rises, point towards external funding is almost exclusively directed to urban WASH, the need to review tariff rates and policy, as well as the need for via the water boards, and as loans as opposed to grants. Since greater oversight of utility performance. While the water boards 2014 donors to Malawi are apparently giving less priority to report year-on-year increases in the number of connections, the WASH. While total official donor development assistance (ODA) volume of water supplied has not increased greatly and non- to Malawi has risen since 2014, the proportion of ODA provided revenue water remains stubbornly high. to the WASH sector has dropped by two-thirds. A large proportion of the household expenditure is spent Household expenditure is the single largest source of on providers other than the water boards. This expenditure is financing to the sector, accounting for nearly 60% of sector potentially a ‘blind spot’ in policymaking as these expenditures financing. In 2016 households were estimated to spend are not regularly tracked. This non-water board household Malawian Kwacha (MKW) 35 billion (2016 prices) on water – expenditure is substantial and represents 16.8% of funding 36% of which was directed to water boards. As such, 64% of to the sector, as much as two-thirds of GoM and donor (ODA) household expenditure on water is spent on other providers. expenditure combined. Much of this expenditure is likely These are likely to include: fees paid to WUAs; expenditure on associated with WUAs, and more effectively leveraging this self-supply; and expenditure on purchasing water from informal expenditure towards sector outcomes requires a focus on and formal private sector actors.
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